Method of hanging wall-paper



(No Mod-e1.)

W. W. POLLARD.

METHOD .0F HANGING WALL PAPER.

.No. 361,716. PatentedApr. 26, 1887].

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VILLIAM WV; POLLARD, OF MADISON, VISCONSIN.

METHOD OF HANGING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed May 17, 1886. l

To all whom it' may concern,.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM W. PoLLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and'use-` Paper; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The general idea of my invention is, instead of cutting the paper normal to its surface, thereby producing a square edge, to move the cutting-edge obliquely at a constant angle to the surface of the paper, thereby producing abeveled edge over which a corresponding beveled edge on the adjoining piece or panel of paper is made to lap, thereby producing a practically invisiblejoint.

My invention consists in the new and useful art or process of applying paper to surfaces, in the manner substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawings similar letters, Where they eral views.

Figure 3 is a top view of my machinein op erativeA position on the straight-edge. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the line y y, and Fig. lis a similar section through the line x x of Fig. 3. Fig. 4t is an end view of several breadths of the wall-paper or other similar class of material, said breadths being in the manner proposed. Fig. 5is a top view of the same. Fig. 6 is a section through the line z aFig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail insection, showing a modified form of my cutting device.

A is a frame or slide, made preferably of metal and constructed with reference to lightness and durability, the central transverse portion -of the casting being elevated on a web, in order to afford convenient means for attaching and adjusting the cutting device, as will be more particularly explained. This web terminates at each end of the frame A in horizontal transverse journal-boxes 4adapted to contain anti-friction rollers journaled on the machinescrews c. Two of these anti-friction rollers, located as described, will in most cases be sufficient, although a third may be provided, if

desired, in a manner similar to that already described.

The straight-edge B is provided onits upper face with a longitudinal guide -slot, d, into `which two or more guides, n, extend from the lower surface of the casting A, and are adapted to slide therein, whereby the cutting deviceis held to a straight course. rlhe slide S extends transversely through the central portion of the casting A, being secured therein by means of a dovetail slot, into which the corresponding daring or beveled edges of the slide extend, and in which said slot the slide S is securely held and adjusted by means of the adjusting-screw p, connected with the heel w of said slide and passing through an extension of the casting A, as shown in the drawings. The lower end of the slide S is slotted to admit the cutting-disk D, providedwith asharp cuttingcdge, and fastened rigidly in said slotby means of a screw, t', the branches or jaws of said slot being clampcd'rmly on the opposite faces of said disk by means of said screw through said jaws and the center of the disk, the beveled face or edge of the straight-edge being provided with a longitudinal groove to allow the free passage of the screw-head.

In this class of work a rotating cutting-disk is impractieable, for the reason that it will not cut a clean beveled edge on the paper, especially if the paperbe wet, although a rotating cutting-disk is practicable in cutting normally to the surface of the paper, and I am aware that such devices are in use. I make the cuttin g-disk rotatable, however, so that,when one portion ot the cutting-edge becomes too dull for further use, by loosening the screw t' the disk may be rotated, so that a sharp edge may succeed the dulled part, thus rotating the disk from time to time until the whole periphery has been used, when the disk may be resharpened or a new one supplied in its place. As in work of this kind the cutting-edge dulls very quickly, this device will save much time and inconvenience in sharpening the tool. As a modification, the rotatable cutting-disk may be dispensed with and the' slide S extended into a cutting-edge. (See Fig. 7.)

The under side of the cutting-surface bears upon the bevel face of the straight-edge B and extends down beyond the same sufficiently to cut the material l? without unnecessarily cut- IOO 'ting' the table or cutting-board C. For further convenience in operating my machine, I attacha push-knob, K, which may be ahandle of any convenient form; or, if desired, two such handles or push-knobs may be used.

Having described my machine, I Will now explain how it is operated.

The paper P is laid upon the table or cutting-board C. rI`he straightedge B is then laid upon the paper, the lower edge of the bevel face indicating the cutting-line. rlhe slide or casting A is then placed upon the straightedge, the guides n n fitting into the guideslot d of the straightedge B, whereby the cutting-y tool is held to a straight and true course through the paper, the cuttingtool bearing on the beveled face of the straight-edge, and being adjusted by means of the screw p to extend downward suiciently beyond the beveled face of the straight-edge to cut into and through the paper. The operator then, pressing rmly on the push-knob, slides the machine forward, held to its course, as described, by the guides oz n and moving on the antifriction rollers journaled to the machine-screws c c, the cutting-edge of the tool dividing the paper to any length desired within the limits of the straightedge. Let the breadth thus cut be represented by l. (See Figs. 4 and 5.)v The other edge will be cut normal tothe surface of the paper, and will be the starting-point, reckoning from any corner or angle in the surface to be papered. Breadth l is then applied to the surface to be papered with the bevel face up. Breadth 2 is iirst cut with the wall face up as it rests on the cutting board or table. rIhe other edge of the breadth is next cut with the outer or right face up. The first beveled edge is then matched with the corresponding beveled edge of breadth Land breadth 2 is applied to the wall, the other beveled edge of breadth2 making an obtuse angle with the unpapered portion of the wall, the same as the beveled edge of breadth l, and so on with all succeeding breadths, the beveled faces of each breadth being parallel with each. other, but cut from opposite faces of the breadth and matching over each other until another angle is reached in the surface to be papered, when a square edge will again be necessary. I assume that the strips cut as described will be of suficient length to extend between the bounding angles or between appropriate borders on the surface to be papered; but it is obvious that strips can be joined end to end in the same manner as that just described for lateral extension of the paper surface.

It is further apparent that the feather or thin edge of paper thus beveled Vand matched over the corresponding beveled edge vof the adjacent breadth is thereby adapted to make a much more perfect joint than it is practicable to obtain between two paper breadths the adjacent and matching edges of which are cut normal to the surface of the breadths.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent from the United States, is

The mode herein described of joining adjacent breadths of wall-paper on surfaces to be papered by means of first cutting the edges to be joined on a bevel, and then overlapping them when pasted to the wall or ceiling, all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM W. POLLARD.

Vitnesses:

CHAs. G. MAYERs, E. A. MAYERs. 

